The Monday Muse Week 13

For today’s muse, we’re looking for an environmental portrait, that is, where a subject’s portrait is taken in their usual environment, such as place of work or home.

And good news for all our Facebook fans, who love posting cute cats and dappy dogs – the genre of environmental portraiture has now been extended to include pets.

The father of environmental portrait photographers is widely considered to be the late Arnold Newman. To learn more about him, check out ReelFoto’s blog-post and to see his work, visit Newman’s website.

The Monday Muse is an ongoing initiative. There are no deadlines and you don’t have to take the photographs in the week that the Muse is set. Once you’ve set up your album, you can add to it any time. A list of previous Muses can be found here.

Monday Muse Info

As the inspirational ideas we posted as part of the Bleeding London project proved to be so popular, we’re going to continue the theme with The Monday Muse. Every Monday, we’ll be posting an inspirational idea for the week, with links to tips and suggestions on how to achieve the best images. We’ll be featuring our favourites here on the blog and in our monthly eZine Capital Interest. And just to add a bit of competition, we’ll be running a points league. There is one point for posting an image and there will be occasional bonus points. At the end of the year, whoever has the most points will receive a gift voucher to spend in the RPS shop.

What to do next

Take your environmental portrait(s).

EITHER upload it to your Monday Muse album in the RPS galleries and send the link to london@rps.org

Images must be taken after the topic has been announced. By submitting to The Monday Muse, you agree that we can use your images on the RPS website and in RPS publications. Copyright remains with the photographer. Full accreditation will be given.

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